Resources
Love-Based,
Attachment-Focused, Natural, Parenting books:
Attachment Parenting:
Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child by Katie
Granju
The Continuum Concept by
Jean Liedloff
No-Cry Sleep Solution by
Elizabeth Pantley
Parenting from the Inside Out
by Daniel Seigel
Unconditional Parenting:
Moving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason, by
Alphie Kohn
Raising Our Children, Raising
Ourselves, by Naomi Aldort
Magical Child by Joseph
Chilton Pearce
Playful Parenting by
Lawrence Cohen
Beyond Consequences, Logic and
Control: A Love Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged
Children with Severe Behaviors by Bryan Post and Heather
Forbes
The Irreducible Needs of
Children
by Terry Brazelton
Prenatal Parenting by
Fredrich Wirth
Tomorrow's Baby: The Art and
Science of Parenting from Conception through Infancy, by
Thomas Verny
The Aware Baby (Rev. Ed.)
by
Aletha Solter
(1984/2001)
Tears and Tantrums: What To Do When Babies and Children Cry
by Aletha Solter
Books Containing
Activities to Promote Attachment and Bonding
I Love you Rituals by
Becky A. Bailey
Fun to Grow On by Virginia
K. Morin
Musts if your child
is taking psychotropic medications or before placing on
psychotropics:
Toxic Psychiatry by Peter
Breggin
Reclaiming Our Children by
Peter Breggin
Books on Birth -
Preparation and Cultural Facets:
Birthing From Within: An
Extraordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation, by Pam
England
Immaculate Deception II: Myth,
Magic and Birth by Suzanne Arms
Birth as an American Rite of
Passage
by Robbie Davis-Floyde
The Thinking Woman's Guide to
a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Active Birth by Janet
Balaskas
The Birth Partner by Penny
Simkin
Calm Birth, by Robert
Newman
Magical Beginnings, Enchanted
Lives
by Deepak Chopra
Mothering the Mother: How a
Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, Healthier Birth
by
Marshall Klaus, Phillis Klaus and John Kennell
Pregnancy and Birth
Stress/Trauma-
The Long Term Effects on Children's Emotional Health and Well
Being:
Ghosts from The Nursery:
Tracing the Roots of Violence by Robin Karr-Morse and
Berry Brazelton
The Interpersonal World of the
Infant: A View from Psychanalysis and Developmental Psychology
by Daniel Stern
The Secret Life of the Unborn
Child
by Thomas Verny
(1981/1986), .
Circumcision: The Hidden
Trauma by
Ronald Goldman
Books on
Education, Learning, Home Schooling
Magical Child
by Joseph Chilton Pearce
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond
Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards”,
by Alphie Kohn
And many other books by Alphie Kohn including:
The Homework Myth
Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars,
Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise and Other Bribes.
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community
What it Means to be Well Educated
The Case Against Homework
by Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish
How Children Learn
by John Holt
And other books by John
Holt including:
Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of
Homeschooling
Learning All the Time: How small children begin
to read, write, count and investigate the world without being
taught.
John Holts website,
www.holtgws.com
The Unschooling Handbook
by Mary Griffith
A Mind At A Time,
by Mel Levine
The Unschooled Mind,
by Howard Gardner
Dumbing Us Down,
by John Gatto
Videos
Dr. Bryan Post’s Video/DVD/CD series available at
www.postinstitute.com
Beyond Consequences Resources at
www.beyondconsequences.com
Giving Birth: Challenges and Choices.
Suzanne Arms (1998). Video. Injoy Productions,
Boulder, CO available at
www.birthingthefuture.com
Trauma, Brain and Relationship: Helping Children
Heal,
put together by Santa Barbara Institute and Neurons to
Neighborhoods Conferences available at
www.TraumaResources.org
What Babies Want: An Exploration of the
Consciousness of Infants. Documentary by
Debby Takikawa, Narrated by Noah Wyle. Available at Peace
Works,
www.whatbabieswant.com
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